I n t e r n a t i o n a l T e l e c o m m u n i c a t i o n U n i o n

ITU-T E.214
TELECOMMUNICATION
STANDARDIZATION SECTOR
OF ITU
(02/2005)

SERIES E: OVERALL NETWORK OPERATION,
TELEPHONE SERVICE, SERVICE OPERATION AND
HUMAN FACTORS
International operation Maritime mobile service and
public land mobile service


Structure of the land mobile global title for the
signalling connection control part (SCCP)

ITU-T Recommendation E.214



ITU-T E-SERIES RECOMMENDATIONS
OVERALL NETWORK OPERATION, TELEPHONE SERVICE, SERVICE OPERATION AND HUMAN
FACTORS

INTERNATIONAL OPERATION
Definitions E.100E.103
General provisions concerning Administrations E.104E.119
General provisions concerning users E.120E.139
Operation of international telephone services E.140E.159
Numbering plan of the international telephone service E.160E.169
International routing plan E.170E.179
Tones in national signalling systems E.180E.189
Numbering plan of the international telephone service E.190E.199
Maritime mobile service and public land mobile service E.200E.229
OPERATIONAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO CHARGING AND ACCOUNTING IN THE
INTERNATIONAL TELEPHONE SERVICE

Charging in the international telephone service E.230E.249
Measuring and recording call durations for accounting purposes E.260E.269
UTILIZATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL TELEPHONE NETWORK FOR NON-
TELEPHONY APPLICATIONS

General E.300E.319
Phototelegraphy E.320E.329
ISDN PROVISIONS CONCERNING USERS E.330E.349
INTERNATIONAL ROUTING PLAN E.350E.399
NETWORK MANAGEMENT
International service statistics E.400E.404
International network management E.405E.419
Checking the quality of the international telephone service E.420E.489
TRAFFIC ENGINEERING
Measurement and recording of traffic E.490E.505
Forecasting of traffic E.506E.509
Determination of the number of circuits in manual operation E.510E.519
Determination of the number of circuits in automatic and semi-automatic operation E.520E.539
Grade of service E.540E.599
Definitions E.600E.649
Traffic engineering for IP-networks E.650E.699
ISDN traffic engineering E.700E.749
Mobile network traffic engineering E.750E.799
QUALITY OF TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES: CONCEPTS, MODELS, OBJECTIVES
AND DEPENDABILITY PLANNING

Terms and definitions related to the quality of telecommunication services E.800E.809
Models for telecommunication services E.810E.844
Objectives for quality of service and related concepts of telecommunication services E.845E.859
Use of quality of service objectives for planning of telecommunication networks E.860E.879
Field data collection and evaluation on the performance of equipment, networks and services E.880E.899

For further details, please refer to the list of ITU-T Recommendations.


ITU-T Rec. E.214 (02/2005) i
ITU-T Recommendation E.214
Structure of the land mobile global title for the
signalling connection control part (SCCP)



Summary
The purpose of this Recommendation is to define the structure of the Mobile Global Title (MGT)
used in Signalling Connection Control Part (SCCP)-addressing of Public Land Mobile Networks
(PLMNs), and to establish the relationship between the MGT and the International Mobile
Subscriber Identity (IMSI) as defined in ITU-T Rec. E.212.


Source
ITU-T Recommendation E.214 was approved on 24 February 2005 by ITU-T Study Group 2
(2005-2008) under the WTSA Resolution 1 procedure.





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FOREWORD
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) is the United Nations specialized agency in the field of
telecommunications. The ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector (ITU-T) is a permanent organ of
ITU. ITU-T is responsible for studying technical, operating and tariff questions and issuing
Recommendations on them with a view to standardizing telecommunications on a worldwide basis.
The World Telecommunication Standardization Assembly (WTSA), which meets every four years,
establishes the topics for study by the ITU-T study groups which, in turn, produce Recommendations on
these topics.
The approval of ITU-T Recommendations is covered by the procedure laid down in WTSA Resolution 1.
In some areas of information technology which fall within ITU-T's purview, the necessary standards are
prepared on a collaborative basis with ISO and IEC.



NOTE
In this Recommendation, the expression "Administration" is used for conciseness to indicate both a
telecommunication administration and a recognized operating agency.
Compliance with this Recommendation is voluntary. However, the Recommendation may contain certain
mandatory provisions (to ensure e.g. interoperability or applicability) and compliance with the
Recommendation is achieved when all of these mandatory provisions are met. The words "shall" or some
other obligatory language such as "must" and the negative equivalents are used to express requirements. The
use of such words does not suggest that compliance with the Recommendation is required of any party.




INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS
ITU draws attention to the possibility that the practice or implementation of this Recommendation may
involve the use of a claimed Intellectual Property Right. ITU takes no position concerning the evidence,
validity or applicability of claimed Intellectual Property Rights, whether asserted by ITU members or others
outside of the Recommendation development process.
As of the date of approval of this Recommendation, ITU had not received notice of intellectual property,
protected by patents, which may be required to implement this Recommendation. However, implementors
are cautioned that this may not represent the latest information and are therefore strongly urged to consult the
TSB patent database.



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CONTENTS
Page
1 Scope ............................................................................................................................ 1
2 References..................................................................................................................... 1
3 Definitions .................................................................................................................... 1
4 Abbreviations................................................................................................................ 2
5 Considerations .............................................................................................................. 2
6 Global title principles ................................................................................................... 3
6.1 Structure of the mobile global title................................................................. 3
6.2 Derivation of the mobile global title from the International Mobile
Subscriber Identity (IMSI) ............................................................................. 3
6.3 Length of mobile global title .......................................................................... 4
6.4 Analysis of the mobile global title.................................................................. 5



ITU-T Rec. E.214 (02/2005) 1
ITU-T Recommendation E.214
Structure of the land mobile global title for the
signalling connection control part (SCCP)
1 Scope
In order to permit land mobile subscribers to roam, there is a need to transfer information, e.g., the
mobile subscriber roaming number between Public Land Mobile Networks (PLMNs). This transfer
of information can be accomplished by the use of Transaction Capabilities (TC) and the Signalling
Connection Control Part (SCCP) of Signalling System No. 7 (SS7).
When a land mobile subscriber roams to a foreign PLMN, it registers with a Visited Location
Register (VLR) within that PLMN. The only information available to the VLR to address the
mobile's Home Location Register (HLR) is its International Mobile Subscriber Identity (IMSI).
The purpose of this Recommendation therefore is to define the structure of the MGT used in
SCCP-addressing of PLMNs, and to establish the relationship between the MGT and the IMSI as
defined in ITU-T Rec. E.212.
2 References
The following ITU-T Recommendations and other references contain provisions which, through
reference in this text, constitute provisions of this Recommendation. At the time of publication, the
editions indicated were valid. All Recommendations and other references are subject to revision;
users of this Recommendation are therefore encouraged to investigate the possibility of applying the
most recent edition of the Recommendations and other references listed below. A list of the
currently valid ITU-T Recommendations is regularly published. The reference to a document within
this Recommendation does not give it, as a stand-alone document, the status of a Recommendation.
ITU-T Recommendation E.164 (2005), The international public telecommunication
numbering plan.
ITU-T Recommendation E.165 (1988), Timetable for coordinated implementation of the
full capability of the numbering plan for the ISDN era (Recommendation E.164).
ITU-T Recommendation E.190 (1997), Principles and responsibilities for the management,
assignment and reclamation of E-series international numbering resources.
ITU-T Recommendation E.212 (2004), The international identification plan for mobile
terminals and mobile users.
ITU-T Recommendation E.213 (1988), Telephone and ISDN numbering plan for land
mobile stations in public land mobile networks (PLMN).
3 Definitions
This Recommendation defines the following term.
3.1 network code (NC): The Network Code (NC) can be the E.164 National Destination Code
(NDC), or some leading digits of the E.164 National (Significant) Number (N(S)N). The CC + NC
should be less than or equal to seven digits.

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4 Abbreviations
This Recommendation uses the following abbreviations:
CC E.164 Country Code (as specified in ITU-T Rec. E.164)
HLR Home Location Register
IMSI International Mobile Subscriber Identity
ITU-T International Telecommunication Union Telecommunication Standardization Sector
MCC Mobile Country Code (as specified in ITU-T Rec. E.212)
MNC Mobile Network Code (as specified in ITU-T Rec. E.212)
MSIN Mobile Subscriber Identification Number (as specified in ITU-T Rec. E.212)
NDC National Destination Code (as specified in ITU-T Rec. E.164)
N(S)N National (Significant) Number (as specified in ITU-T Rec. E.164)
PLMN Public Land Mobile Network
SCCP Signalling Connection Control Part
SS7 Signalling System No. 7
TC Transaction Capabilities
TSB Telecommunication Standardization Bureau
VLR Visited Location Register
5 Considerations
The considerations which form the basis of the Mobile Global Title (MGT) for the land mobile
service are as follows:
5.1 The MGT shall be derived from the international mobile subscriber identity in a simplified
manner.
5.2 There could be a number of PLMNs in a country.
5.3 The MGT shall permit the identification of the country as well as the PLMN in which the
mobile subscriber is registered.
5.4 The MGT should, as an option, permit the identification of the home location register
(HLR) of the mobile subscriber.
5.5 The length of the MGT should be minimized.
5.6 The MGT should enable the fixed network exchanges to utilize existing routing information
in order to identify the PLMN.
5.7 ITU-T Recs E.164, E.165, E.212 and E.213 are applicable.

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6 Global title principles
6.1 Structure of the mobile global title
The mobile global title is of variable length and composed of decimal digits arranged in two
specific parts. These specific parts are the E.164 and the E.212 part.
The E.164 part is used to identify the country and the PLMN, or PLMN and HLR, where the mobile
subscriber is registered. To accomplish this, the E.164 part comprises a Country Code (CC) as
defined in ITU-T Rec. E.164 and a Network Code (NC). The NC can be the E.164 National
Destination Code (NDC), or some leading digits of the E.164 National (Significant) Number
(N(S)N). The NC would identify the PLMN or HLR within the PLMN. The number of E.164 digits
required for identification may vary from network to network, and must be established by bilateral
agreement.
The E.212 part is used to identify the mobile subscriber, or the mobile subscriber and its HLR and is
composed of the mobile subscriber identification number as defined in ITU-T Rec. E.212.
Figure 1 shows the structure of the mobile global title:
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Figure 1/E.214
6.2 Derivation of the mobile global title from the International Mobile Subscriber
Identity (IMSI)
The MGT is derived from the IMSI (ITU-T Rec. E.212) in the manner shown in Figures 2 and 3.
The difference in the two methods is dependent upon whether the E.164 Country Code is a country
code used in an integrated numbering plan. If the E.164 country code is from an integrated
numbering plan, the method shown in Figure 3 must be utilized to distinguish between providers
within that numbering plan.

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In Figure 2, the E.164 CC is derived directly from the MCC and the NC is derived either directly
from the MNC, or from the MNC and some initial digits of the Mobile Subscriber Identification
Number (MSIN). The MSIN is mapped directly into the MGT, up to its maximum length.
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Figure 2/E.214
In Figure 3, the E.164 CC + NC combination is derived from the MCC + MNC taken together
rather than separately or from the MCC + MNC + some initial digits of the MSIN. This method
must be used to distinguish between providers in an integrated E.164 numbering plan.
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Figure 3/E.214
6.3 Length of mobile global title
The mobile global title will be of variable length, but with a maximum of 15 digits. Therefore, if
necessary, the least significant digits of the MSIN will be omitted in order to conform with the
maximum length of the MGT.

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6.4 Analysis of the mobile global title
In order to permit fixed network nodes to utilize existing resources, digit analysis in the originating
country will conform to ITU-T Rec. E.164. See also ITU-T Rec. E.165.
Further analysis beyond this requirement shall be by bilateral agreement.
The analysis of the E.212 part of the mobile global title in the destination fixed network is a
national matter.



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Series A Organization of the work of ITU-T
Series D General tariff principles
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Series F Non-telephone telecommunication services
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Series H Audiovisual and multimedia systems
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Series J Cable networks and transmission of television, sound programme and other multimedia signals
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